HyperDic: cypraea_moneta

English > 1 sense of the expression Cypraea moneta:
NOUNanimalCypraea moneta, money cowriecowrie whose shell is used for money in parts of the southern Pacific and in parts of Africa
English > Cypraea moneta: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaningcowrie whose shell is used for money in parts of the southern Pacific and in parts of Africa.
Synonymmoney cowrie
Broadercowrie, cowryAny of numerous tropical marine gastropods of the genus Cypraea having highly polished usually brightly marked shells

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